Increase in manufacturing industry in China and India. - In January, manufacturing industry activity increased in China and even more spectacularly in India. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) indicator of manufacturing industry activity was measured by the financial group HSBC, and reached a quotation of 50.1 in China, as opposed to 50.3 in December. In India, it leapt from 54.2 to 57.5, the sharpest increase for the past eight months. (IL/transl.fl)